Dec 16

USight

Kayla A. Demetrius

MCS 214

Final Project

 

 

What’s the next big thing? Have you been away from your home or business and worried would happen in the event of an emergency while you weren’t near? Now worry no more as USight brings the future of an advanced security system and seamless mobile integration. I plan to design an advanced home security system that includes facial recognition, motion detection & tracking. Similar technology already exists, but with USight going on vacation or extended trips away from your home or office will now be worry free. The home security system will also have a mobile app which streams live of the premises and provides daily updates.

Through use of biometric face recognition, the security system will also be capable of facial identification, face tracking and also classification for persons within the frame. Face-recognition technology is rapidly evolving as evidence by this new surveillance camera system. Surveillance systems that include video analytics analyze video footage in real-time and detect abnormal activities that could pose a threat to an organization’s security. Essentially, video analytics technology helps security software “learn” what is normal so it can identify unusual, and potentially harmful, behavior that a human alone may miss. Video analytics technology “learns” by taking operator feedback about the accuracy of various events and incorporating this intelligence into the system itself, thus improving its functionality. This interaction between operator and technology results in a “teachable” system: Artificial Intelligence at its best in the realm of security where ultimately, human oversight takes a backseat to the fine-tuned capabilities of intelligent video analytics(the wire). It can not only recognize specific faces, but is able to compare a single face to more than 36 million others in just one second. In the event of emergency, USight will alert the appropriate officials when subjects are at risk of attack while sending alerts on your connected mobile devices. Face recognition and detection will be based on real time video processing and active watch lists matching. In the event, the USight picks up a face familiar to active watch lists in the area or region officials will be alerted instantly. USight will also have expandable memory so that it can store all the faces picked up and later can tell you if a person had been around the home or business previously. USight will allow owners to store up to 10 faces and respond differently to each of them. So you can get an alert when the kids get home, but not the spouse, for instance, or clear a neighbor coming over to watch the dog while you’re away. You’ll need to “train” the camera on each face, though.

This service will primarily be for homeowners, business owners and also security companies that may need to save money, but still need efficiency and accuracy. Also, such technology will need to be integrated with police officials and the FBI in order for the active watch list feature to be effective. According to a CNN tech article, the FBI used to rely on low-tech version that relied fingerprinting means, but has a soon to be high-tech security surveillance that will store about 51 million photographs in its database. The FBI database will also keep photos that it receives when conducting background checks, which it does for lots of private sector and government job candidates. The plan is for USight to become available used more by retailers in order to keep theft rates low.

You’ll have to pay for USight’s cloud service, which stores security footage online for you to view, but at $15 a month it probably won’t break the bank. Besides, who can put a price on peace of mind? No price is too high if can bring you piece of mind along with effective security. How do I plan to gain traction for USight? Well through the use of a few social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. Hopefully people will see the effective service for what it is and eventually want it in their homes or businesses. Also, for signing up with us before the new year we have a three-month trial going on so we can gain more customers. The only fee new subscribers will have to worry about is the $250 startup and equipment fees.

What makes USight different from the rest? It would have to be its seamless mobile app and real time processing of all persons that come within its frames. Also, you can’t go wrong with three-months of powerful, secure and cost efficient security for your home and business. USight will also have the ability to be used for multiple properties for an additional $10 a month per additional location being secured. The mobile application will allow for the owner to have access to view their property at any given moment and not worry when they can’t because USight is always alert. USight might take away some security jobs as the artificial intelligence within the system has little to no error as opposed to a security guard that can’t always secure entire premises as effective as this service.

 

 

 

http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/16/technology/security/fbi-facial-recognition/

http://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/video-analytics-enhances-security-picture/

The New Eyes of Surveillance: Artificial Intelligence and Humanizing Technology

Dec 14

THE COOKIE (Artificial Intelligence)

 

 

I feel the next big thing in the ever-growing digital world is Artificial intelligence for its already entered our everyday lives with smart phones, robots, computers, smart cars etc. Artificial Intelligence according to Wikipedia, is intelligence exhibited by machines like some of the devices mentioned above. Which is why I feel it would be a smooth transition into a more advance and high tech world of artificial intelligence.

In relation to my in-class presentation, The Cookie; which acts as an in-home personal assistant, which is perfect for millennials and generation x. As we all know and have observed, we as people presently are multitaskers, from being a college student and working a fulltime job to being a parent takes up a lot of time and energy, which increases the need for a helping hand.

The Cookie is not your typical everyday assistant, it’s capable and efficient at performing duties to make your home more of a peaceful environment by being able to; turn the lights on and off, control the temperature, set your alarm clocks, order your groceries when needed, keep you informed on upcoming appointments, monitor your home surroundings for unwelcomed visitors. All without having to voice any instructions, it’s specifically programmed to the customers liking and needs.

How it works? The Cookie is a bead like object which is use to shadow, monitor, store information and copy each customer’s actions and needs. Therefore, making the cookie a copy of you (the customer), think of it as a machine with your mind. With this type of advance technology there is a one week long procedure for the bead to be surgically inserted and extracted after a week. During this time the cookie duplicates the customer’s daily activities, observes the customers daily diet, what time they wake up every morning, what time they consume daily victims etc. Once the week has past it’s been extracted that bead is then place inside of an egg-shaped capsule, where it would be station and then programmed to begin its function. additionally, the capsule does also have a fun function which allows the customer to check their blood pressure, heart rate and pulse detector by simply placing the entire hand around the body for one minute. Incorporating this feature was very important for our project, because health is such a great factor in our life’s and to be in the know and stay updated with ones health puts our customers at an advantage.

Its normal to have questions pertaining to the safety of the surgery but my company assures 100% safety, for the it’s only a 20-minute procedure for incision and extraction. Our target market would be the rich and wealthy who are eligible for the service starting at the age of 21 to 60. With this service a startup payment, of $10,000 is required which covers the incision and extraction process, plus a monthly fee of $1,200 service charge.  Once customer is fully signed up with us, they are now on a five year contract with company , if for some reason they wish or sees no need for having our service; they can cancel if they please; We do have a cancelation fee after a year of $1000 and after being a customer for five years or more; its free to cancel service.

I feel my service and the future of my company would be very successful within its target market because they’re either investors, entrepreneurs, celebrities, established doctors, politicians or working in the corporate America sector, which means there very busy individuals so a personal in-home assistant come in beneficial for their lifestyles; our service will also help in lower stress levels, so I see why not.

We plan on launching our services as of year, 2020, we will be arranging meetings to discuss the beginning to a new era in technology with major companies like Forbes, Google, Apple, Douglas Elliman and CBS to partner up in bring awareness to their market and excising partners. We’ll also host an array fund raisers to help create such a marvelous service .We would love to partner up with Robert Downey Jr as the face of our brand, for America already associates his face with technology with past his roles in film world.

Our project will stand out compared to others for we are unique and are receptive to new ideas and will always add improvements. We will be known for innovation and advancements for a better tomorrow. Our first month of profits will also be donated to the Cancer Research Institute, to help generate a cure for such a dreadful disease. Our company would bring a new stigma, a new feeling, a sense of efficiency, support and would generally make the everyday life’s  of our customers easier .

 

Monique Daniel

 

 

 

Dec 14

Electronic Medical Record & Electronic Pill Counter Container Will Be The Next Big Thing!

My idea consists of implementing electronic Medical records and an Electronic pill counter container. This idea will be both digital and service because it will help everyone
with in the medical field to be more consistent and aware of their patients medical status.
The electronic medical record device will allow medical doctors and other medical staff
to view a patients medical status from anywhere in the United States. This is a major advantage to all medical and healthcare professionals because it bypasses the red tape
of phone call to other doctors to find out a patients past medical history. The desired audience will be all health care professionals including doctors, nurses, medical billers, medical coders, pharmacist, radiologist ,oncologist, durable equipment’s, and dietitians just to name a few. Electronic medical records (EMR) have been in practice for a few years now but only a few hospitals have gotten aboard with this system. The electronic medical record and pill counter device will make it easier for doctors and medical staff to view a patient’s medical status as well as view what type of medication they are taking. This system also will be beneficial for auditors as well so that they can take a glance at a patients chart to see if all the correct codes are being used.
Everyone knows when starting up a new business can be some what difficult to get off the ground. My sales pitch will firstly be to know my audience which is everyone with in the healthcare field. I will present my idea to the lead physician or the chief financial officer who make all the finical decision for the company or organization. Then I will
explain in detail the benefits of having an electronic medical record and pill counter device (EMR&PC).i would go further on to explain how technology is moving at such a fast pace and people no longer want to be bothered with filling out information sheets that take up so much time and money. I will show a video demonstration on how the product works and how easy and beneficial it would be to any doctor’s office. I will also explain that this device would alleviate errors and save time as well as money. I will go on to ask your office is a very busy one, and consist of high volume patient interaction this will cut out the wait time as well as the any errors that may arise during the checking in and checking out patients. Once the errors are cut down to a minimal there is more room for productivity and once productivity is increase your finical profits starts to increase and this is a win, win situation for both medical doctors and their staff because when revenue increase, there is room for raises and bonus so the medical record and pill counter device is a no brainier for all medical associates who would like to hop on board. The electronic medical record and pill counter system will server as an asset rather than a liability for all who choose to utilize this system.

My project will stand out because their would be a recall system installed with in the device so that each doctor can keep a record of when was the last time the patient had visited their office. There would also be a systematic alert system when it comes time for any patient to be discharged from the hospital. This alert system will ensure that all patient who are being discharged will have the correct medication before they leave the
Hospital premises and all their follow up appointment are made before they get discharged from the hospital.

An electronic pill counter container will also be dispensed to the patient once they are discharged. This container will have a mini alert system attached so that it can keep a record of weather or not the patient is taking his/her medication on time or even taking there medication for that matter. The pill counter container will also serve as a reminder to patient who may have a memory problem or for those who have early stage of dementia. The Pill box would have a small chip device that would light up when they have not taken their medication. At first it will blink and blink until the medication is taken, if the medication is not taken it would stay light up until the medication is taken and if the patient does not take his/her medication the pill container will star making a chirping sound so that the patients knows that they have forgotten to take their medication. It will make that sound until someone opens up the pill container.
If my project is successful I will have a market for electronic medical records and the electronic pill counter container for all health care providers around the globe. I will also try to determine the capacity of my audience meanwhile, trying to measure my inventory so that there are no waste full spending.

In today’s society with the rapid spread of electronic health records most health care systems are already digitized. All important medical information will be stored in the form of a digital and computerized system. This will help empower all medical staff individual to make rapid decisions make those decisions with a sound mind. The most important part of this is that it assures the privacy and security of all patients. Currently privacy and security regulations in the healthcare field are being practiced and the HIPPA rules and regulations are being followed as best it can. However the United States remains intensely focused on implementing electronic health records and personal health records so that ultimately it would be integrated in the information exchange networks.
the use of health information technologies and open health care data will contribute significantly to more affordability and improvements’ with in the health –care net work this will help patients to more rapidly access the health-care information network.
Over the next decade internet informed patients will become more active partners in the promotion of their health in partnership with the doctors and health care providers.
By the year 2025 medical decision and treatment will continually improve as they become based on greater access to better data and health information. New wearable body sensors will capture continuous physiological data streams will become widely available for use by 2020. It has been predicted that almost a hundred percent of Americans will have health insurance from Medicare or Medicaid .By 2020 technology will result in better measurement of outcomes which in turn will result in improved clinical guidelines and documentation of best practice. With in the same year 2020 health information technology (HIT) system will enable managed care to move from a restrictive gatekeeper role to better coordinating treatment in a more cost effective way.
Large quantities of hard data collected by electronic health care records system will be automatically transferred to public health data repositories via (HIE) networks, resulting in improved public health, medical research , and capabilities to responding to potential threats. the emphasis in health care will continue shifting to disease prevention and health promotion. There would also be a continuing shift to personalized health care through 2025 encouraging patients to become more empowered and intimately involved in managing their own healthcare. Open access and open data will remain hot topics in the healthcare arena over the next decade with major implication for researches, publisher, and the creation of many new startup companies. Regenerative medicine will began to advance rapidly. Complete organ replacements grown from stem cells will become possible in 2020-2030.replacement organs such as kidneys and livers should develop by 2030 and will start to be implanted in humans. Other advances will include teeth regeneration, cures for hearing loss , limb replacement and much more. Many new free and open access health Education and training technologies and solutions will be a prime area for major innovation and change over the coming decade.
It is also predicted that by 2020 Scientist will star to customize drugs for their patients based on their genetic makeup also combined with advance robotics, avatars could provide feedback from the sensors providing touch and smell as well as aural and visual information to the operator. By the year 2030 and beyond human augmentation spans a wide gamut of technologies, ranging from implants and prosthetic to powered exoskeletons. Human augmentation will enhance out innate human abilities. It could be used to replace missing limbs or correct defective functionality. Elderly people could ultimately benefit from powered exoskeletons that assist wearers with simple walking and lifting activities improving the health and quality of life for aging populations as well as many disabled individuals.
Therefore, the Electronic medical record and pill counter will be an asset in the years to come with a population expectant growth of 80 percent of humans and the health care industry growing at a rapid
pace. That is why it is a wise decision to invest in electronic medical record and and any other technological device that may seem fit to benefit our elderly and sick individuals. A New and exciting

Sherre Williams

Dec 14

Amazon GO

Tiffany Santana
December 6th 2016
Amazon Go
The step to revolutionize the shopping experience for the consumer is one that many may think could be the craziest idea to ever cross someone’s mind, especially when thinking to compete with mega stores like Walmart, target and many others. Amazon has decided to take this step into the future and take on the challenges that most people don’t see feasible. Not releasing many details they have touched on what they believe will work for them and introduce the world to Amazon Go.
To start things off, Amazon released a two
minute video that showcases a member enter their store with just a scan of their phones, walk up to a refrigerator, grab an item and watch it miraculously added to their virtual cart. It then goes on to show how if and when the buyer decides to put the item back, the Amazon Go app detects it and subtracts it from their virtual cart. Magic, huh? This has got to be every shoppers dream who dreads waiting on line and remotely thinking about having interaction with another human being. It also sounds like heaven for cashiers who hate dealing with difficult people. Only thing is that here they don’t deal with people at all and that probably means they won’t have a job either. Amazon goes on to state how you don’t pay for anything in store, your account will be charged once you leave the Amazon Go location, anything to make things easier for the humans!
Their target audience isn’t specified but you
can assume it’ll be for more laid back places because maybe having hundreds of people in and out in a rush won’t be the best idea for theft purposes but surely something in the future similar will come of it. When brainstorming what can elevate this idea or even target an audience specifically , an idea came to mind. Targeting health fanatics who don’t have time to meal prep for the week would be amazing. Deciding on your app on different combinations for the week that work within your calorie intake and goal would be huge! Just order it on the app, walk in and walk out and everyone is a happy camper. It’s something that targets an audience but not only just that, a huge one at that especially for busy places where people don’t have the time to cook or prep meals for themselves but want to lead a healthier lifestyle.
Building around that same idea, another
thing that can work in this type of environment is almost an idea of adapting the fantasy football mentality to foods! You get a cap calorie goal/intake, the app allows you to choose meals accordingly, and they all have differently calorie totals and if you surpass them you’re not allowed to proceed to checkout. Making it both a fun and productive experience and one that will push people to want to stick to their calorie goals and even compete with their friends, maybe allowing them to do it together and share their meal strategies with each other.
Though they still have a lot to touch base
on with the public about this idea, this project can go in so many directions and it’s definitely exciting to think about. I’m sure with change some skepticism will come along but this may be for the better or maybe it’s time the robots take over the world and the humans move to mars. Either way, sounds great to me.

Dec 13

The Green City, the city of the future – When new technologies can save mankind

YAHIAOUI Youssef (Exchange Student – fall semester – France)

December 13th, 2016

We all know the big issues that we are currently facing about climate change and global warming and I have seen one of the scariest information that I have ever read recently about this topic, in the article “Polar ice sheets melting faster than ever” (see the link below).

Indeed, the polar ice caps have melted faster in last 20 years than in the last 10,000 and to confirm that, a comprehensive satellite study say that the melting ice caps are raising sea levels at an accelerating rate. New-York is one of the cities in the world that can be the most affected by that. Thus, I was thinking about how we could counter that and avoid seeing in the future a great city like New-York under water…

The green city, the city of the future – When new technologies and the green towers can save mankind

Climatic deregulation and the melting of the ice are only examples of what man inflicts on the earth. Cities are at the heart of this issue that seems to lead us to our loss. Concentrating large populations and industries, cities with its many buildings generate waste, greenhouse gases and overconsumption of energy. An alternative to this system is indispensable if we want to save mankind.

The “green city” based on green towers (smart buildings) would be the solution?

I was thinking about how we can use new technologies and develop new one to improve and fight against global warming by changing the definition of a city in the world and as a simple thought, I was wondering if we could make our buildings smarter and finally use them as a tool to fight against global warming.

Cities have to change their model and new cities have to be built on ecological standards because currently it’s the nature that absorbs all our pollution.

I would like to show you some ideas of how we can use these new technologies to make the green city, the city of the future. Note that, my main idea in this post is about the Green towers (smart buildings).

This report will be divided into 2 parts/ideas, and each part will involve the use of new technologies. The first part (the main part) will be about how to transform current cities into green cities based on smart buildings and the second part will be about how to create the cities of the future by using new technologies while respecting the environment. For the second part we will use the great example of Masdar City, the greenest city on earth.

I truly believe that these changes will be the next big change not only because these are good ideas, but simply because we have to do it!

New-York / Paris / Rio / Tokyo : New models, New cities : The Green Towers (smart buildings)

The green city is part of a logic of sustainable development

The idea is to change the infrastructure of the city and gather nature and buildings in order to improve the quality of life of citizens and to repay the “ecological debt”. It is better to adapt the city to nature rather than adapting nature to the city

The main idea will be to build what I call the “green towers”  -> 

These buildings are considered as smart building. Indeed, this building will be self-sufficient in terms of energies and will generate energies like electricity to the city in order to make the city self-sufficient.

I can support my statement thanks to the article “Smart buildings – partners for intelligent energy networks” by the company Siemens, these buildings are able to do three things: produce, store and consume energy.

In this article it says that through the use of automated technical infrastructure and physical and digital connections to local energy networks; they offer the possibility to buffer excess electricity from fluctuating renewable sources in thermal and electrical storage units.

These green towers (smart buildings) will become an important component for the safe and efficient energy supply of the future.

Therefore, these green towers, will distribute energy to the city. The idea will be that these buildings will consume 50% less energy than normal buildings and it’s not only that.

My idea will be also to use these buildings to recycles directly the waste of the city.

And one of the greatest points of my idea is to use these green towers to absorb the pollution!

As we can see in the article “The building that ‘sucks up’ SMOG: Cement absorbs pollution from the air and turns it into harmless salt that washes off in the rain” An Italian construction firm has developed a ‘biodynamic’ mortar that is able to remove pollutants from the air automatically. The building is located in Milan, Italy.

These buildings will be able to clean the air because they are made from recycled scraps of marble and left over aggregate which absorbs nitrogen oxide and sulphur pollution and converts it into harmless salts.

The building uses a titanium catalyst that is activated by ultraviolet light (the sun) to drive the chemical reaction. The salts then wash off the walls when it rains.

In the same article we can read that the building consumes 40 percent less energy than conventional buildings and has a glass roof that contains solar panels capable of producing 140 kilowatts.

The interests of theses green towers have concretely a public interest and I will use the current example, like the building in Milan and some studies (in the article) that say that in a large city such as Milan, covering 15 per cent of visible urban surfaces with the smog cleaning cement could cut pollution by half to convince my target.

Therefore, we will be able to offer to the public sector, a good solution to fight against pollution and a problem that occurs in every big cities of the world and improve the air quality of these cities.

The idea of these green towers will also be to implement real farms inside the building in order to cultivate organic fruits and vegetables and grazing animals inside the city center.

This will lead to the fact that people will have an easy access to organic product and that we will reduce the transport costs and thus the oil consumption around the world.

Moreover, while transforming these cities, the objective will be to let trees growing everywhere and to use solar panels and other source of power to make the city self-sufficient.

Here is a picture of What could look like Paris in 2050 from architect Vincent Callebaut.

Vincent Callebaut is a French architect.

 

You can check out, the following video that gives an overview of how we could transform these cities into green cities and that it will be definitely the next big change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK-umchL8eU : NATUROPOLIS, the Green revolution.

 

Create New Cities by using new technologies while respecting the environment: The great example of Masdar city, the city of the future.

In the city of the future everything is sustainable and technologies are everywhere.

Indeed, I want to show you what a green city may involve in terms of technologies and concepts (we have seen some of them in class throughout the semester – Digital libraries & Driverless Cars).

To support my statements I will use the great example of Masdar City.

Masdar (“the source” in Arabic) city is a new city located in the United Arab Emirates, and it is the greatest example in the world of what a green city can look like.

Located 30km away from Abu Dhabi, you can currently visit it like an “attraction”.

In our Green cities we will use only solar panels to generate energy and make the city self-sufficient. In the example of Masdar, the city produces so much power that they sell the excess to Abu Dhabi.

Here are some concepts that we might see more often in the future.

– The green towers, the smart buildings of the future (see explanations in the first part)

– Driverless cars in order to reduce pollution.

– The digital Libraries, the libraries of the future (Objective: Cut fewer trees)

Brief description: The idea will be to have a library that has fewer books than computers, this is the library of the future. Indeed, in these libraries you will have lots of computers, and students will do most of their reading on-line. The screens will be everywhere inside the library and tablets will be available in almost every desk in order to allow students to read books through these tablets and work on it. The libraries of the future are almost fully digital!

 

You can check out, the following video that gives an overview of how we could create new cities while respecting the environment and using new technologies to save mankind, and that it will be definitely the next big change because as said in this video global warming is THE key issue for the future!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXQyqdD9XQ&t=3s : Masdar City – The green city project in the UAE

 

Conclusion

To conclude, I truly believe that the Green towers will be the next big changes in around 50 years because we need to find new ways to fight against pollution and therefore against global warming. Moreover, some of these green towers like the one in Milan have already proved that they can be very useful. Also in a more distant future, I’m sure that we will multiply constructions of cities like “Masdar city” or at least apply some concepts (digital libraries and the multiplication of driverless cars) of a sustainable city like Masdar in our current cities.

So let’s save the world, let’s save New-York, let’s be green!

 

Sources:

– http://www.dw.com/en/polar-ice-sheets-melting-faster-than-ever/a-16432199 : Polar ice sheets melting faster than ever

– https://www.siemens.com/customer-magazine/en/home/buildings/smart-buildings-partners-for-intelligent-energy-networks.html : Smart buildings – partners for intelligent energy networks

– https://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/23/siemens-masdar-open-leed-platinum-building-masdar-city/ : Siemens & Masdar Open LEED Platinum Building In Masdar City.

– https://weather.com/science/environment/earth-day/news/masdar-united-arab-emirates-sustainable-city-20130726 : Masdar City: The Sustainable City of the Future

– http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3440356/The-buildings-suck-SMOG-Cement-absorbs-pollution-air-turns-harmless-salt-washes-rain.html : The building that ‘sucks up’ SMOG: Cement absorbs pollution from the air and turns it into harmless salt that washes off in the rain

Dec 13

Horan: The Future of Music Media

Final Project Essay

As a musician, naturally, I gravitated towards an idea that has to do with music and performance. Growing up watching every music award show and going to every concert I could afford tickets to, I started to notice that they’re all either copies of each other, or ingenue, or both. With the rise of social media, musicians have had a closer relationship with their followers, paying attention to what their fans want to see them perform and what the response to their music is. One day, I was looking at the setlist for a concert that I bought tickets to, just to find out that half of it was old music instead of music from the album being promoted. I’ve also been to concerts that could’ve had a lot of potential to be fantastic, but fell short because of the content or lack thereof. I’ve also grown tired of seeing the same pop stars belt out the same songs at every award show. Nothing against Ariana Grande, but hearing her latest single be unenthusiastically performed without enunciation 100 times has gotten very old. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to be able to control these situations. That’s when my idea was born.

My idea is for a music service that merges society’s obsession with the internet with live performance. The name for my idea is Horan. It is named after one of my favorite musicians. It’s a service to help create the musical content that people want instead of experiencing the same thing over and over again. The main idea behind this is to have people use their love of social media to pick and choose what happens during live performances and music-based award shows. For example, instead of the overplayed song of the year being performed at every award show, people can go on this service and choose another artist’s single that they want to hear performed that was snubbed by award shows. For example, ‘Closer’ by The Chainsmokers and Halsey would be performed at the VMAs or Grammys to play up the popularity; however, it would have to be chosen by fans to be performed at another one and, if it was. people could choose how the performance would be different. According to an article titled ‘The Future of the Music Industry,’ touring is the top resource bringing in money for music executives. With my service, fans can help create unique tours for artists they love, preventing the redundancy that comes with a lot of popular artists’ tours. They can help artists choose setlists, guests for special shows, and ways for the artist to interact with the fans to make the concert more intimate, even if the crowd is 60,000 strong. This would be possible through artists sharing their ideas on the service and having their fans voice their opinions on what should stay and what should go. There would also be a section where organizations put out a list of all of the nominees in the music performance categories, and having fans share the ones they want to see perform. This helps promote musical diversity. I also would want to expand the service to include virtual reality. According to ‘The Music Industry in 2026,’ virtual reality will be a music outlet. For someone like me, who loves going to concerts but gets nervous in big crowds, this would be helpful. With Horan, all you would have to do is pay the normal ticket price and put on the VR device. From there, you would be transported to the actual concert without the hassle of dealing with sweaty people, frustrating traffic, and insane snack prices. However, this would only be encouraged for use by people who have anxiety and people who live nowhere near the venue an artist is playing at. Mainly, it’s like a radio show playing their most requested songs, except online and with every aspect of performance.

I was inspired to create this service after I saw what was being done at Taylor Swift’s 1989 tour and Twitter’s polling system. As far as the tour goes, everybody who attended Taylor Swift’s concert would get a bracelet that was programmed to light up certain colors during specific times throughout the performance. This created a unique experience that made every fan even more excited to attend, because it helped them be a part of the show. She would also bring out surprise musical guests during shows in major cities. This would give fans the opportunity to see their dream collaborations happen and give them an experience that was different from others who attended similar shows, or even the same tour. With Horan, fans could help decide on things like this to help make shows more unique. One Direction used to answer Twitter questions from fans in attendance to create a more intimate experience. My service would help fans be able to create a section in an artist’s show that’s just dedicated to helping them connect more to the fans in attendance.

My target audience is mostly people who value performance quality and expression through music. However, everybody would be welcome to use this service because music is for everybody. I would want to target people who love to use social media to express every opinion they have, but that would not be made public. The only limitation presented would be an age restriction. Since my service would be open to fans of all kinds of music, there would be content that is usually labeled on iTunes or YouTube as explicit. Therefore, I would require a minimum age of either 16 or 18.

I would make my idea popular by starting with indie artists and working my way up. There are popular musicians who pay attention to what is happening with lesser known musicians. Therefore, they would find out about this service in this way. With the right celebrity attention, this service would be a success. I would also use social media to my advantage. With all of these social media platforms that are out today, I would have several ways to get my idea out into the open. I would target Facebook friends who update their statuses a lot during award shows, and friends who post a lot of photos of themselves at concerts.

What makes my project stand out is the integration of the digital world with the real world. It also tackles the issue of the album losing value because of music streaming. In order for people to decide which songs they want to see artists perform, they need to know all of the songs on the album that is being promoted. It also gets around the idea of copyright. Many YouTubers get in trouble for reacting to new music because of copyright issues. With my idea, they can still express how they feel about it without getting hit with a strike that can potentially have their account suspended. It’s also an idea that can implemented immediately, unlike other ideas that would take several years to be possible. It’s also unique because it helps fight the idea that other genres of music need their own award shows and concert specials to have a performance outlet. With my service, all genres will be celebrated and encouraged to be chosen.

The level of success of my service would be based on who uses it. I have an idea that subdivision record companies and organizations that run the low-tier award shows (such as the AMAs and Billboard Music Awards) would utilize my idea to draw more attention to their companies. I would also base it on individual artist uses. Once the service was used by the likes of Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, I would say that my idea would be at peak success. I would need to measure the success over a long period of time, because change takes time. Overall, the success would come with seeing more digital ways of entertaining audiences being used in live performances. It would also come with seeing more variety in live performances due to the sharing of music and musical opinion on my service.

I truly believe this service should be executed. People love feeling like their opinions are valued and like they’re being heard. This would help with that. People want music events to stop being so exclusive to certain people, or being considerate of what fans want, but in small doses. This would also help force music executives into giving up their insane control of artists. I would also enjoy watching companies get mad over not being able to shut down expression because of copyright. There have been instances where people buy tickets just to see an opening act, because that opening act hasn’t been given a fair chance. This service will help fight that. My main focuses are to ease the transition from physical to completely digital and to give people a unique online outlet for expression. Horan could help make the music industry exciting again.

Dec 12

ActualU.com

It is so easy to become a part of the Internet in this advance world that we live in. kids no longer play outside and hang out with their friends. Instead they are on the computers interacting on online platforms that allow you to interact with people you know and people you don’t know at the click of a button from the comfort of your own home. Is it safe? Is the unknown safe? In my opinion the Internet is a very dangerous place and the scariest part of it all is that sometimes you have no idea who you are interacting with on these social media platforms because the security precautions are not advance for our times. I remember being in middle school lying about my age on MySpace and so did everyone else my age that was on the site. Before that we had Sconex, which made you verify your high school but you could lie about that as well. What if there was a social media site that stood by its security precautions to verify that everyone participating on the site is actually who they claim to be. Would you feel safer? I think so. No more “Catfishing” as the term has been coined for those who impersonate someone else on the Internet and interact with others pretending to be the person they are impersonating. I myself have been “Catfished” and it was not a great experience. I was young and naive and MySpace did not help with its lackadaisical security precautions.
Actualu.com is the site you need. It is a free site! It is directed at keeping all of its participants safe and far away from misconceptions through social media. Our security system is very advance because it uses facial recognition to ensure accuracy. When logging into any device to access your account you must use facial recognition. While some may say this excessive and not everyone have access to a camera but it is 2016 and many phones come with cameras as well as computers so it will not be difficult. The facial recognition system will not only be scanning who your face it will be searching the internet for other profiles with your face and will compare names and information found on those sites to collaborate with the information you have provided to ensure you are who you claim to be. This is sort of like the “faces” software used by apple to group your pictures together in your photo albums. This advance security system will let you know if there are other pages on other social media platforms that are claiming to be you and will give you the links to the pages. If you have used a credit card scanner through an app when purchasing something on your phone you will be doing the same thing with your phone just pointed at your face.
The interface of my site will be slightly similar to other social media platforms. The users will have more control over the design of the way that their profiles are seen by the public and how they themselves see it. It is important that we allow for individuality and creativity especially on a website that is geared towards people knowing the real you. The Cliché “about me” will no longer be a need. The page itself will be all you want to share and offer to those who follow you. To ensure privacy those who are not signed up for the site will have no access to the website not even by searching your name. One must be signed up in order to search people and or see their profile. You will feel as if you are VIP while on the site because we only offer the best services. Some services we will offer are personalization where you can speak with a representative to design your page if you are not Internet savvy. This will be at no additional charge. Also we will allow for free promotion among your friends and their friends at no charge to you. It will have to be a legitimate business and documents will have to be sent in to ensure you are legitimate. We want to encourage people all over the United States and every other country we break into, to understand that there is no need to worry about safety while suing our sight. It is a place to not only have fun but to do business without being conned. No other social media platform is offering the services we are without some type of fee.

My target audience would be 18+ because of the maturity required for the app and the knowledge of personal information. I would like making sure all participants is legal. The website will have an option to allow verification for younger individuals (15 being the youngest age to join) but their legal guardian must verify on their behalf and must also have a page o their own. They will monitor the page as well until the user turns 18 and then their page will be released from the parental controls. This allows for family’s to join a platform that is safe. This is an advance platform that will allow for many professional individuals to interact without using a site like LinkedIn that is geared only towards finding a job and connecting with employers. I will focus on college students first because I myself am one and just like mark Zuckeberg the best target audience is the one you are surrounded by. I will exploit my peers as guinea pigs to see if they enjoy a site that will offer them protection from catfishes.

People will want to join because everyone in America is afraid of something and identity fraud is at the top of the list for most. We all hate having our credit cards used in country’s we’ve never been too or finding accounts online pretending to be someone we know or even ourselves. Safety is Americas number one concern right now and they would want to join out of being scared of hackers especially after speculation that Russia has taken part in messing with our past election. When I think of a place that I enjoy sharing on and how unsafe it is I think of twitter. With a website that allows that live tweeting aspect with a format of Facebook and accessibility like Instagram users will be amazed and compelled to join. This site will also be undetected by the police and employers because you will have to have an account to find those you are looking for. This allows freedom of speech without being targeted and having to worry about if your employer will see your post about how much you hate working in groups with incompetent adults.

My product stands out from others because there are no other social media sites that will have the same security precautions, multiple interface, creativity, and privacy. We will use facial recognition through the camera on your device, which will insure you are when you sign in. Like other sites you will only have to do it once and there will be an option to remember it. Device verification will also be needed when signed in from different devices. ActualU.com Is not a place for everyone, there will be no discrimination but violence in any form will not be tolerated and will be taken down. Also reporting people’s pages will be easier than ever. You will have the option to write up people who are misusing the platform and our team will review your concern and reach out to the person letting them know of our findings and how we will proceed. Once you are kicked off of the platform you will not be able to join again, we will uphold our values to ensure a respectable platform. The amount of people that decide to join will be my gauge on whether the site is a win or not. Also getting investors like YouTube, Bitmoji, and Google would be very important to our success.
In creating ActualU.com I wanted to make a safe environment where people can be themselves and be protected from trolls and impersonators who only make our lives difficult. A website like this would force people to be themselves and nothing else. It is so easy to be someone you are not on the Internet because no one knows who is sitting behind the computer screen or phone. The site will be a success and everyone will join off of the fact that they can have a positive place to express their true self without being judged, that is what ActualU.com is all about. I once felt that way about Tumblr before it became about popularity and reposts. I want to create a place where creative people can be free to create and share without being bashed for their art. I designed this site to be somewhere would want to log on to.

Dec 09

Future of Gaming Journalism

Eldridg Chavez

MCS 214 Final Project

Future of Gaming Journalism

In gaming journalism, like traditional journalism, there were print publication, newspapers like the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune, and magazines such as Xbox Magazine and Playstation Magazine. Today, journalism transitions into the digital age, the .com, with that, print publication are a dying breed. Newspapers still exist but not many people read them, as for gaming magazines, they too are slowly becoming extinct.

Magazines such as Official Xbox and Playstation Magazine no longer exist. As of September 2016 the popular game website Gametrailers closed their doors as well. Sites like IGN, Game Informer, and GameSpot are still gaining traffic to their sites but considerably low numbers compared to two years ago. Alexa Internet, an analytics site shows that IGN traffic is in the decline, page view time is down from 5 minutes to 2 minutes, and the time spent on the site is down from 8 minutes to 3 minutes, with Game Informer and GameSpot having similar results.

Just like traditional journalism had to adjust and transition to the digital age of social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, gaming journalism too are in a transitional period. Popular social sites like YouTube and now Twitch tv are gaining more popularity in the gaming industry. Twitch is live streaming platform owned by Twitch Interactive a subsidiary of Amazon. It was introduced in 2011 and it’s primary focus was streaming video games, such as playthroughs and broadcast of competitive esports games.  In July of 2016, YouTube was ranked the second most popular site by Alexa Internet and in 2015, Twitch announced that there were 1.5 million broadcasters and more than 100 million viewers per month.

YouTube content creators or online personalities make a living uploading videos they created to a wide range of audiences, YouTube gamers are no different. Like Twitch, Youtube gamers also post playthroughs or “let’s play” as it’s coined and give opinions on the game they are playing.

Felix Arvid Kjellberg, 27, better known as his alias Pewdiepie, a comedian and video producer on YouTube, has over 50 million subscribers – slightly larger than the population of Canada – and has 13 billion views on his YouTube channel. Forbes estimates his worth at $12 million and is the biggest star on the Internet. His over the top antics and high pitched yelling garners attention and has a huge following.

People like Kjellberg are exactly what Publishing companies like Activision and Betheseda are looking for. Someone with a huge following to promote their product. This is where I believe the future of gaming journalism will transition to.

In October of 2016, Betheseda Game Studios, the publishers of the popular game series The Elder Scroll and Fallout, as well as renowned games like Doom and Dishonored announced that they will no longer provide reviewers access of its unreleased games until 24 hours before launch. But they will work with Influencers (YouTubers) to promote their game. “We will continue to work with media, streamers, and YouTubers to support their coverage before and the after release, we want everyone, including those in the media, to enjoy the game at the same time,” Gary Simon, Betheseda Global lead, said in a blog post. But Betheseda contradicts this quote by sending early copies of Elder Scrolls Skyrim Remastered five days before its release to YouTubers Gassymexican, Grovada, and others to influence their game before its release date.

What separates influencers to critics is an ethical code that journalist rely on. Journalist have to be unbiased to what they are reporting and when giving an opinion or review, they have to be honest to their audience. For YouTube personalities or influencers, there is no such code. They can be biased and influenced themselves by companies that they are promoting for.

Everything is a business when it comes down to it. Betheseda aren’t worried about gamers or critics opinions, they are more concerned about the bottom line, how much money they can make day one of release. IGN is a business, and they rely on traffic for their sites. Even YouTube is a business and they too rely on traffic to make a living. The domino effect that Betheseda will create will leave an impact both negative and positive on critics and influencers. Sites like IGN and Game Informer will rush to get the first review up and it might not be the best review that they can put up, but it’s a race for traffic. YouTubers will be called out on for being biased on what they are promoting. Why would someone believe another person’s opinion that doesn’t have an ethical code.

Greg Miller 33, and Colin Moriarty 32, were producers at IGN and worked for the company for 9 plus years. In January 2015, Miller and Moriarty along with three others left IGN and created Kinda Funny. Miller with a journalism degree from Mizzou and Moriarty with a degree in American history from Northeastern University are the trendsetters for journalism ethics in YouTube. They talk about games from all publications on shows like the Kinda Funny Gamescast and give an unbiased opinion on current events that are happening in the gaming industry in Colin and Greg live.

Kinda Funny is supported by crowdfunding from patreon and through subscriptions and donations on their Twitch channel and by videos they upload to their YouTube channel Kinda Funny. Crowdfunding is huge for journalist or any artist working independently. Crowdfunding is the practise of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contribution from a large number of people. Also, sponsorships play a huge role for independent workers. Being sponsored by a company help pay travel expenses and equipments that donations or paid subscriptions won’t be able to cover.

Journalism will always be around. It will transition with time and those who don’t, will be left behind. Right now, it’s the age of the Internet, and sites like IGN and Game Informer can no longer rely on written pieces. They have to adapt to a video outlet like YouTube and Twitch. And with publishing companies like Betheseda already working with influencers, gaming journalism will have to adapt or become a thing of the past.    

 

Dec 08

Artificial Intelligence Invades the World of Fashion & Wardrobing!

Lehman College
Melissa Mitchell
MCS 214- Final Project

Have you ever woke up in the morning and totally could not find what to wear. Your closet has tons of clothing, shoes, handbags, or “man bags”, galour and you just have no clue what to put together because your in such a rush? I would like to introduce to you the future of the fashion industry, the new beginning within our own clothes, an AI-Powered Wardrobe Closet. Ever wish you could just talk to your closet just the way you can speak to your car with voice command and it instantly makes phone calls for you as your driving, or just like you can speak to your iPhone and simply say, “Hey Siri, play Kenny G music” and it plays your favorite music, well I sure know I do! Artificial Intelligence and technology has made stunning breakthroughs in the fields of science, auto, and more. Its time for Artificial intelligence to make a difference and better advance the industry of fashion.
According to the Article,Is Fashion Ready for the AI Revolution, “Online shopping could become a conversation, where the shopper describes the dress of their dreams, and, in seconds, an AI-powered search engine tracks down the closest match”. Companies have already started brainstorming, innovative ways to incorporate technology and fashion but, none in the way that I have proposed. With AI and the fashion industry partnered side by side, consumers could shave a more rewarding customer service experience if incorporated into retail stores and outlets, customizing their clothing to accommodate his or hr needs in a new light. With voice controlled wardrobing the consumer will experience a new way of dressing for day today outfits. Even within our very own homes, I am convinced that soon with just a simple voice command, people will be able to speak to their wardrobe closet and the outfit of their desire will appear on screen. This is the next big movement for the fashion industry.
“The development of deep learning have triggered a revolution in artificial intelligence. The computing devices that now fill our everyday lives generate large data sets, which “deep learning” algorithms analyse to find trends, make predictions and perform specific tasks, such as identifying specific objects in an image. The more data presented to the algorithm, the more it “learns” to do a task effectively”, states Kate Abnett of BOF.. All to say, we can use artificial intelliegence technology to create a wardrobe closet personalized for every consumers home. The consumer will be responsible for uploading each article of their clothing with something called a quick scan. For example, if Jane purchases a new pair of UGG boots, and one leather jacket from ZARA, when she comes home her closet will scan the items and will download it instantly to the file. The closet will be designed and programmed with different fashion trends from various cookbooks such as, H&M, Cosmopolitan, Style Magazine, Torrid, etc. It will include Fashions from eras that date as far back as the 1920’s to current fashions. To keep the closet up-to-date, every day from the hours of 2AM to 2:15AM ( a time when people are usually in their homes asleep) the closet will perform an update. The consumer can talk to the closet and say things like, “I want to look like Marlon Brando with a touch of Kanye West”, “Its a rainy day out, make me the sunshine”, and “make me runway chic”. Therefore, when Jane is ready to create an outfit she can simple tell it anything, and her wonder-closet will do as she wishes. In the event she doesn’t have enough articles of clothing to satisfy her look desired, the closet will immediately show her the look she desires and the stores to find the look at so if she chooses she can tell the closet, “please purchase” and she can command when she will need the outfit by. Upon purchase, you will be able to scan your body so that the closet fits you according to shape and height, also you can uploads your weight, and scan your credit and debit cards in case you needs to purchase a certain look. The are a series of questions and prompts necessary so that the artificial intelligence closet can pick up your style, fashion, and over all look.
The target audience ideally is EVERYONE, mainly from ages 5yrs and up. Another great advantage about this product and service, that I would pitch to my audience is that fact that you only need one per home. So your wife, Husbands, children all would have their own account with sensory touch identification, and eye scan to make sure that you children don’t take advantage of the purchasing options. All purchases are completed once verification is collected to ensure you 13 year old doesn’t use mom’s credit card or debit card. The closet is personalized for the whole families individual style. So it will not dress grandma the same way it dresses your 15 year old daughter, unless that is what the person opts for. I will gain interest through a series of commercials with different celebrities such as, Oprah, Kanye West, Barack Obama, Selena Gomez, and Fifth Harmony advertising it. I want to appeal to all audiences. The cost will be extremely affordable, only $500. because you only need one per household. I also want television shows to use them in hit series, to start to spark consumer interest and provoke people ego feel they need to own one too. What makes my project idea so unique is the fact that when people think about a closet they envision a dill wooden tall closet, no technology, no digital interface, no artificial intelligence. This is something that has never been created. European companies are trying right now as we speak to create virtual dressing rooms to late develop virtual dressing for consumers to have in their own homes, but no one has yet thought to create a AI-powered closet. Another way I would advertise this product to gain interest is through social media. I believe that social media will be one of the first way sot spark peoples attention and get ears tingling. The world wide web is so vast, and so huge, it can reach audiences from all across the globe. This AI-powered closet though created here in the United States I imagine it reaching the people all across the globe. What better way to market the product than online. I want this item available not only in-stores and retailers such as Nordstrom, Home Depot, Bloomingdales, and Barney’s but, online websites such as, Amazon and PoshMart as well. I don’t want the retail price to go above $500. dollars because I want it to be available to everyone, no specific audience. I want people of all classes socially to be able to have one. If someone cannot afford the $500. upfront, it will be available to pay-to-own or rent-to-own as well with payments per month as low as $25. We are living of an age of technology, tho sis the new age, people shouldn’t be limited and dated, because of their economic class.
There are a series of way to monitor and gauge the successes of this powerful invention. The device itself will include a GPS and WiFi tracker, so that at the corporate office we can track the amount of closets and the areas which have the most generated, and purchased. We will also be able to track and monitor them just incase the customer is having any issues, we will be able to troubleshoot the problems and fix it of them. The AI-powered closet will have an IP address just like any computer so we can quickly service the customers needs and fix any problems that realistically can arise as with any device. The customer is not limited to the closet wardrobing them but, they can also use the product to access internet, and stream live music and download apps through IOS software so the consumers can enjoy their favorite music while getting dressed and ready to go. We will mail out surveys to monitor feedback, just like the media corporation Neilson does to track and monitor television watching or channels watched in the homes and consumers will be paid $5 for their cooperation in our survey. Also, we will be able to track revenues and success through through our partner retailers when sales come in each week so that we can see how many people are purchasing our products too.
I would like to introduce to you the future of the fashion industry, the new beginning within our own clothes, an AI-Powered Wardrobe Closet. “If artificial intelligence has its way, discounting could disappear, thanks to software that tells retailers exactly what and how many products to buy, and when to put them on sale to sell them at full price. Online shopping could become a conversation, where the shopper describes the dress of their dreams”,I am convinced that soon with just a simple voice command, people will be able to speak to their wardrobe closet and the outfit of their desire will appear on screen. This is the next big movement for the fashion industry.

Dec 07

Final Paper Carlo Francisco

Carlo Francisco

Final Paper

Weighted Clothing

December 07, 2016

Our new product Weighted Clothing will serve as a multi purpose piece that not only helps personal athletic/fitness performance but also personal confidence when getting the job done with weight clothing pressurized technology. Weighted clothing will be one to four pounds. This technology will come in a selection of Sweatshirts, T-Shirts, Long Sleeve, and Vests. These products are eligible for all levels in competition. Beginner to World Class athletes can make best use of our products. All four items together would be total of four to sixteen pounds. This is not a requirement but it is up to the customer on how much they personally feel they can handle. Every month we would collaborate with a new designer company and have exclusive releases of Sweatshirts, T-Shirts, Long Sleeves, and Vests. This company believes in USA made products. All products are a representation of our company and we do not sell what we would not wear.

In my personal aspirations of becoming a professional baseball player, I Carlo Francisco make sure I incorporate weighted vests to be a part of my training regime because I personally felt a difference physically. Enduring 10 to 50 pounds through a vest while I train for twenty minutes to an hour also challenges an individual mentally. I believe in weighted products in general because I personally can say it played a great part in my game during my college season. I lead the league in Home Runs (6) and batting average (.360). Mid-Season I lead the league in batting average and was in pace of joining top 100 highest batting averages in the country at (.415). Weighted clothing can play a role in athletic performance and without the burden of Velcro, Sand, or Iron weight, I feel our designer weighted clothing can be the difference in having a relentless edge in personal gains and consistently having game excellence.

You do not only have to be working out in order to wear weighted clothing. Our product collaborates with designer brands in order to give our customers and our weighted clothing family the confidence they need to take out any task at hand. Whether it is stock market trading, meetings, football games, and leisure walking, surgical procedures and more, our product is a general multipurpose product in no matter the circumstance, can be appropriate to wear. Our mission is to have our product recognized worldwide and shake the norm of being like everyone else. The secret starts from within and our product hopes to further our DIY lifestyle and foundation of consistency.

Our product was strongly influenced by commonly known cartoon Dragon ball Z. In the cartoon, there is a scene where main character Goku takes part in a martial arts tournament and is set to compete against extraordinary skilled martial artists. In order to move to the next round he faces a character named Tien (well known and skilled fighter). Goku before the tournament spent his time training in a special planet called Namek and it is required for training to wear a special unbelievably heavy clothed material in order to build extraordinary body function, strength, and speed. Goku matches Tiens abilities while wearing the Namekian weighted clothing and eventually takes off his weighted wristband, shoes, and weighted shirt, which according to the cartoon estimated a total of 250 pounds. Goku was 250 pounds lighter and it showed a noticeable amount of an advantage throughout the last half of the fight.

According to Fire Rescue Magazine, (http://www.firerescuemagazine.com/articles/print/volume-7/issue-12/firefighter-fitness-and-health/working-out-with-a-weight-vest.html) “One thing you can say for sure about firefighters: We’re always carrying, pushing, lifting, prying or manipulating something… One way to help get your body into this type of superior firefighting condition: Train with a weight vest.” This magazine puts readers in the perspective of a firefighter and how important it is to be as aware, functional, and sharp when at work. Weighted vests are highly recommended to add to the training regime of firefighters. It is also mentioned in the magazine article, “When you train in a vest, you’re automatically placing more demand on your body. A simple run up a flight of stadium steps will become much more demanding if you do it while wearing vest. In fact, any exercise you’ve mastered without a vest will suddenly become new and more challenging again.” This quote means that new doors will open towards people who are looking to get involved in beginning their journey to possessing next level performance.

A common concern about exercising is if a person completes the same exercises everyday, will the body eventually become used to those exercises where it would be counterintuitive? The answer is Yes. According to an article on One Medical.com, it provides 7 reasons why people should switch up their workouts. It mentions, “When it comes to exercise, many of us are creatures of habit.” Habit and routine are great when accepting the beginning of a fitness lifestyle to get one going but after a while, it can only take you so far. Research by onemedical.com says by switching up your exercises it gives opportunities to “Break Through a Weight-Loss Plateau, Prevent Overuse Injuries, Build New Muscles, Beat Workout Boredom, Help Keep Your Brain Healthy, Meet New Workout Partners, and Get Excited About Exercise Again.” This shows an extensive amount of perks that changing up your workouts can come with. We are confident our product Weighted Clothing will aid be in individuals physical performance and help clients achieve the change they need when tackling the obstacles in their training.

Weighted Clothing also offers medical purpose. Individuals with ADHD, Autism, and Lack of Bone Density, Osteoporosis, can benefit wearing our product due to the addition of weight and pressure on the upper body. There are already products out there in the market that are being used to aid individuals. Companies like OTVest and Fun and Function reach out children with ADHD and Autism. Weighted products are thoroughly researched and recommended for a how to use in FAQ in nationalautismresources.com. In the FAQ section, it mentions, recommended amount of weight a vest should have, length of time an individual with Autism should wear the product, if the product is for everyone with Autism, and type of therapy that is used when using the vest. Ten percent of body weight is recommended by therapists to wear weighted vest for individuals with autism. Fifteen minutes to a whole class time is how long an individual should wear the product. For the type of therapy a weighted vest provides nationalautismresources.com mentions that it “…fall under the umbrella of Sensory Integration therapy. Sensory Integration therapy is usually performed by an Occupational Therapist trained in sensory integration. These therapists believe that inattentiveness and stereotypical behaviors are caused by over- or under-sensitivity to sensory input. Wearing one provides deep pressure sensory input that helps with sensory difficulties.” This study on how weighted pressurized vest clothing for children can be a combined study in how our product Weighted Clothing can be an extra platform for individuals looking to have extra selection offered fashion and medical increase of fitness goals, bone density increase, ADHD and autism through addition of weight.

The in thing in fashion for majority of individuals in today’s society is the lighter the better. In the past couple decades, materials used for sneakers, socks, shirts, and jackets fashion have declined. In order to meet lightweight clothing demand, companies sacrifice quality for mass production. Not all current lightweight clothing sacrifices quality for quantity but our brand backs up our product of durability, functionality, and mental edge technology. Weighted clothing feels our product can play hand and hand with your average, modern Lightweight clothing. Lightweight clothing can be much more noticeable and enjoyed after Weighted clothing pieces are removed and/or combined.

Our product cannot be customized in weight as the weight is embedded to order from 1 to 4 pounds of thread but can be combined with products offered or all clothing styles worldwide. One to four pounds of weight to our clothing are achieved not through sand or iron but pure thread. It is a mix of Copper, Cotton, Kevlar and Nylon thread. Using this material comes with supreme, elite, and advanced quality. We aim to be stand out, be recognized and to become an influential purposeful clothing line to help people a part of the customers base, cliental, Weighted Clothing family achieve any task at hand. Become a part of our brand and share our passion to feel an edge!

Weighted Clothing technology is not just a functional piece of clothing. When wearing our product you become a part of a can-do, I can compete, relentless lifestyle. Our product helps individuals compete and become a better version of your self physically and mentally. People in all areas of the world can benefit from the designer style, training and function of our clothing. All levels of fitness can make use of our product. We plan to reach out and collaborate with universal known brands as well as underground brands such as, Nike, Forever 21, Reebok, Black Pyramid clothing, Misunderstood clothing, etc. These collaborations will exclusively be released within certain time duration. Month by month, we aim to collaborate with different companies while staying true to our weighted clothing technological/fitness function. Weighted clothing technology will debut spring 2017.

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